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Hanson Studio files

Job 4862: Ellery Lutheran directory

Written on the sleeve: “Ellery Luth. directory. Albright, Kurtz, Voss, Brandt / Haas, Kurtz again, Mott, Hanson.” Two contact sheets. Select a sheet to open the full scan.

A contact sheet of twelve square frames in four strips of three. Written in grease pencil at the top: 4862, Ellery Lutheran directory, sheet 1 of 2. Above the strips, in grease pencil: “Albright ?”, “Kurtz – no subject?? reshoot”, “Voss ?” and “Brandt”. Frames 1 to 3: Pastor Gene Albright, an old man in a clerical collar, seated in a chair against the mottled studio backdrop, an empty chair beside him. Frames 4 to 6: a wooden stool, empty, low in the middle of the frame against the mottled studio backdrop, framed as for someone seated on it, the camera a little different in each. Frames 7 to 9: Len Voss, an old man in a cardigan, seated in an armchair against the mottled studio backdrop, an empty chair beside him. Frames 10 to 12: Ellen Brandt, in a cardigan, seated at a school desk, her hands on a closed book.
Sheet 1 of 2
A contact sheet of twelve square frames in four strips of three. Written in grease pencil at the top: 4862, Ellery Lutheran directory, sheet 2 of 2. Above the strips, in grease pencil: “Haas”, “Kurtz again – same. Prints fine??”, “Mott” and “Hanson”. Frames 1 to 3: Dan and Kelsey Haas, a young couple, she holding a baby girl, against the mottled studio backdrop. Frames 4 to 6: the same wooden stool, empty, closer now, framed from the seat up as for someone sitting on it, mostly backdrop. Frames 7 to 9: Phyllis Mott seated at a desk with a stack of newspapers. Frames 10 to 12: Ray Hanson in a sweater, seated, a camera on his knee, against the mottled studio backdrop.
Sheet 2 of 2

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